Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| some petrol / need / I travel a lot. I / every other day. |
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| They / can / listen / never |
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| always / win / ? / Kevin / Does |
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| very often / to help me / come / My parents |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| She / listens / when you talk to her / rarely |
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| it / saw / five times / I |
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| Tom / will / help you / rarely / if you need it |
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| always / at 8 a.m. / get up / I |
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| go / usually / once a year / I / to the dentist |
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| never / can / find / You / your car keys |
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| I / go / usually / once a month / to the hairdresser's |
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| some help with the homework / They / need / usually |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / am / very tired / in the mornings. / usually |
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| I / in green? / dress / always / Can |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| eat / hardly ever / I / oranges |
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| dresses / very often / She / in blue |
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| never / what to say / I / know |
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| feel tired? / often / Do / you |
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| at home? / Do / usually / have lunch / you |
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| pizza / Mike / often / for dinner / eats |
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| every other day / have / soup / We |
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| day in, day out / shopping / have to go / I |
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| Do / you / go / every day / ? / to the gym |
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| is / She / always / asking me questions |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| she / phoned / Yesterday, / twice / me |
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| late / often / is / John |
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| to the disco? / go / How / you / do / often |
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| almost never / go on holiday / My parents |
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| three times a week / to the gym / go / I |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
